William Hughes

Senator from New Jersey

SENATEDEMOCRAT1903–1919ID H000929

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 949 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 949 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1915 → 1917

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓190319091915

1917–1865th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

100%with Democrats

of 5 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +11 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 7, 1917S.J.Res. 111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 10, 1917H.R. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 21, 1917H.R. 4961No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4961), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Apr 28, 1917S. 1871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 28, 1917S. 1871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 20, 1917S. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Apr 17, 1917H.R. 2762No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 17, 1917H.R. 2762No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 65th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

7 Congresses

58th · 190363rd · 191365th · 1917

Democrat · House · NJ58th–62nd

Democrat · Senate · NJ63rd–65th

Term datesexact

William Hughes

Senator from New Jersey

SENATED1903–19197 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.1%with Democrats

of 949 votes · 9.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 949 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019031917

1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 5 votes100%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

58th · 190365th · 1917

Democrat58th–62nd

Democrat63rd–65th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th